Is acceptance by India's Modi to attend G7 summit in Canada a ‘Pyrrhic victory'?
Canadian Prime Minister
Mark Carney 's invitation to his Indian counterpart
Narendra Modi last week to attend the
G7 summit starting on Sunday has sparked debate on whether the last-minute request came amid pressure from other countries in the group of rich nations or a sign of a thaw in ties with
India
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Carney extended the invitation to Modi in a phone call between the two leaders on Friday.
Modi has accepted the invitation, saying his meeting with Carney will lead to 'renewed vigour' in bilateral ties.
'As vibrant democracies bound by deep people-to-people ties, India and
Canada will work together with renewed vigour, guided by mutual respect and shared interests. Look forward to our meeting at the summit,' Modi said in a social media post.
Indian media reports had earlier said Modi was likely to miss the G7 meeting as Ottawa's failure to send an invitation to the leader with less than a fortnight left for the event had left little time for New Delhi to arrange his schedule.
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The June 15–17 meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven advanced economies – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – will be held in Kananaskis, Alberta. Although India is not a G7 member, it has been regularly invited to take part in the group's meetings in recent years.
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